This is a list of aviation-related events from 1981: This is a timeline of aviation history. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1976: Events March March 17 - a Japan Air Lines Boeing 747 makes the first non-stop flight from Tokyo to New York, taking 11. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1977: Events March March 27 - 579 people are killed when two Boeing 747s collide on the runway at Santa Cruz airport, Tenerife. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1978: Events January January 1 - British Aircraft Corporation, Hawker Siddeley, and Scottish Aviation are absorbed into British Aerospace April April 1 - The Canadian Snowbirds aerobatic team officially becomes the 431 Air Demonstration Squadron. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1979: Events January January 12 - Pilatus Aircraft acquires Britten-Norman February February 26 - Production of the A-4 Skyhawk ends after 26 years, with the delivery of the 2,690th and final aircraft to the United States Marine Corps. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1980: Events January January 8 - a Mooney 231 lands in San Francisco, after flying coast to coast non-stop, setting a record by completing the flight in 8 hours and 4 minutes. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1982: Events January January 8 - the Airbus A300 is certified, becoming the first wide body airliner with cockpit accommodations for only two to be certified. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1983: Events January January 31 - the Ayres Turbo Thrush NEEDS cropduster plane officially joins the United States war on drugs. February February 1 - Boeing announces it will stop producing Boeing 727 airliners. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1984: Events February February 21 - 14 hours and 2 minutes after taking off from New York, Air France pilot Patrick Fourticq and his companion, race driver Henry Pescarolo, land their Piper Malibu in Paris, setting a world record for a trans... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1985: Events Ryanair founded initially as a full-service carrier. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1986: Events January January 9 - the UK Defence Secretary, Michael Heseltine, resigns amidst a political furore over the future of Westland Helicopters. ... It has been suggested that Modern Aviation be merged into this article or section. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Events

January

• January 3 - Pan Am makes its final Boeing 707 flight.
• January 7 - a Boeing 747 of CAAC lands at JFK International Airport, marking the first time since 1949 that a flight from mainland China to the United States is performed.
• January 18 - Bell Helicopter delivers its 25,000th production helicopter.
• January 28 - Pan Am commences a weekly New York-Beijing service

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February

• February 1 - Donald Douglas dies, aged 88
• February 12 - Max Anderson and Don Ida make a failed attempt to circumnavigate the world by balloon. Their craft, the Jules Verne only covers 2,900 miles (4,667 km) from Luxor to New Delhi
• February 18 - Jack Northrop dies

February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Donald Wills Douglas may be: Donald Wills Douglas, Sr. ... February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Balloons are a type of lighter than air aircraft that remain aloft due to their buoyancy. ... The River Nile at Luxor Pharaonic statue in Luxor Temple Hot-air ballooning in Luxor Luxor (Arabic: الأقصر ) is a city in Upper (southern) Egypt and the capital of the Al Uqsur governorate, population approximately 200,000. ... The Humayuns Tomb, situated in New Delhi, has an architectural design similar to the Taj Mahal. ... February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... John Knudsen Jack Northrop (1895 - 1981) was an American aircraft industrialist. ...

March

• March 2 - Japan Air Lines is the first airline to use a computerised flight simulator to train its crews
• March 28 - Air France pilot Michel Breton flies the airline's last Sud Aviation Caravelle service, from Amsterdam to Paris.
• March 29 - British Airways makes its last Vickers VC10 flight

March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (62nd in leap years). ... JAL Boeing 747-400 Japan Airlines (Japanese: 日本航空 Nihon Kōkū, or JAL) is the largest airline in Japan. ... Interior Cockpit of a modern Flight Simulator A flight simulator is a system that tries to replicate, or simulate, the experience of flying an aircraft as closely and realistically as possible. ... March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in Leap years). ... Air France Boeing 747 Air France (Compagnie Nationale Air France) is a subsidiary of Air France-KLM. Before the take-over of KLM, it was essentially the national airline of France, employing 71,654 people (at January 2005). ... Sud Aviation Caravelle The SE 210 Caravelle was the first short/medium-range jet airliner, produced by the French Sud Aviation firm starting in 1955 (when it was still known as SNCASE). ... Amsterdam Location Flag Country Netherlands Province North Holland Population 742,951(1 January 2005) Coordinates 52°22′N 4°54′E Website www. ... , The Eiffel Tower, the tallest structure in Paris, is an international symbol of the city. ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... For the 1930s airline of similar name see British Airways Ltd British Airways (LSE: BAY, NYSE: BAB) is the largest airline of the United Kingdom. ... The VC-10 airliner was designed and built by Vickers in the 1960s. ...

April

• April 3 - Pan Am founder Juan Trippe dies in Los Angeles.
• April 10 - Japan Air Lines carries its 10 millionth passenger
• April 12 - the Space shuttle Columbia takes off. It marks the first time an American Space Shuttle flies operationally. It lands two days later.

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June

• June 7 - Israeli Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons make a long-range strike into Iraq to destroy the nuclear reactor at Osirak

June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ... The Israeli Air Force (IAF) (Hebrew: חיל האוויר Heyl haAvir) is the air force of the Israel Defense Forces. ... F-16 Fighting Falcon over Iraq The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a modern multi-role jet fighter aircraft designed in the United States. ... Core of a nuclear reactor A nuclear power station. ... Osirak, also spelled Osiraq, was a 40 MW light water nuclear materials testing reactor (MTR) in Iraq. ...

July

• July 7 - Stephen Ptacek flies a solar-powered aircraft Solar Challenger across the English Channel, taking a little over five hours.
• July 17 - the Israeli Air Force attacks Beirut in retribution for Palestinian terror attacks.

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August

• August 19 - two United States Navy F-14 Tomcats shoot down two Sukhoi Su-22s of the Libyan Air Force over the [[Gulf of

August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for conducting naval operations around the globe. ... An F-14 Tomcat The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a United States Navy supersonic, twin-engine, variable sweep wing, two-seat interceptor. ... Two aircraft share the designation Su-17. ...

September

• September 3 - McDonnell Douglas delivers the 1,000th DC-9 produced; it was ordered by Swissair.
• September 10 - British Airways CEO Roy Watts announces a financial crisis for the airline. He states that the company is losing £UK 200 per minute.

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October

• October 2 - United States president Ronald Reagan re-starts the B-1 Lancer program by announcing the order of 100 B-1Bs for the USAF.
• October 6 - NLM Cityhopper Flight 431 encounters a tornado, loses a wing, breaks up in air, and crashes near Moerdijk, Netherlands.

October 2 is the 275th day (276th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 90 days remaining. ... Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ... It has been suggested that B-1R be merged into this article or section. ... Seal of the Air Force. ... October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in Leap years). ... NLM Cityhopper Flight 431 was a short range passenger flight departing Rotterdam Airport (RTM) in Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands, scheduled for arrival at Eindhoven Airport (EIN) in Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands, late on the afternoon of Tuesday, October 6, 1981. ... Union City, Oklahoma tornado (1973) A tornado is a violently spinning column of air in contact with both a cumiliform cloud base and the surface of the earth. ... Moerdijk is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. ...

November

• November 13 - Ben Abruzzo and crew make the first crossing of the Pacific Ocean by balloon, in the Double Eagle V
• November 21 - Aeroflot is banned from flying to the United States, after an earlier Aeroflot flight that overflew American military installations, straying from its supposed flight path.

November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 48 days remaining. ... Benjamin L. Abruzzo (b. ... November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

December

• December 25 - USAF lieutenant Thomas Tiller is rescued from the Atlantic Ocean by a boat after his plane, a F-4 Phantom had an accident seven days before.

December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 6 days remaining. ... The F-4 Phantom II (simply F-4 Phantom after 1990) is a two-place (tandem), supersonic, long-range, all-weather fighter-bomber built by McDonnell Douglas Corporation. ...

First flights

January

• January 1 - Lear Fan 2100

March January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ...

• March 28 - Dornier 228

April March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in Leap years). ... The Dornier Do 228 is a small German twin turboprop STOL-utility aircraft, manufactured by Dornier GmbH (later DASA Dornier, Fairchild-Dornier) from 1981 till 1998. ...

• April 10 - SIAI Marchetti S.211 prototype I-SITF
• April 15 - Dassault-Breguet Guardian

June April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ... The Aermacchi S-211 is a jet-powered military trainer aircraft designed and originally marketed by SIAI Marchetti as the S.211. ... April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ...

• June 18 - F-117 Nighthawk

September June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. ... USAF F-117 Nighthawk during maintenance The Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk is the worlds first operational aircraft completely designed around stealth technology. ...

• September 3 - BAe 146
• September 26 - Boeing 767

November September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years). ... The BAe 146 (also known as the Avro RJ) is a medium-sized commercial aircraft manufactured by BAE SYSTEMS. It carries its four jet engines on a high wing above the fuselage; not below, or at mid-fuselage, as on most conventional civilian aircraft. ... September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 96 days remaining. ... Air Canada Boeing 767-300 British Airways Boeing 767-300 The Boeing 767 is a commercial passenger airplane manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. ...

• November 5 - AV-8B Harrier II

December November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... See also Hawker Siddeley Harrier The Harrier II is a second generation, vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) light_attack jet aircraft used by the United States Marine Corps, Royal Air Force, Spanish Armada and Italian navy. ...

• December 17 - Hughes NOTAR

December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

Entered service

• Vympel R-33 AA missile

The Vympel R-33 (NATO reporting name AA-9 Amos) was the most advanced long-range air-to-air missile developed by the Soviet Union. ...